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c2sellit1
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 05:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok my current pc specs are

Celeron 2.6ghz
32MBddr video card
512mb-ddr ram
200gig hard drive

I dont play games, I dont watch movies it is mainly for work and school. But sometimes it is rather slow on loading a few things and can sometimes get rather laggy and freeze up when I have a few windows. Now should I upgrade my video card or go with the extra ram? Mind you I dont play games nor do I watch movies really on my pc...
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philraz
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 15:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
both will improve your performance
but considering your usage I would go with ram
by your specs I wouldnt expect freezes check your system for spyware viruses do a defrag, a disc cleanup and check for updated drivers
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c2sellit1
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 16:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cool, I defragged and cleaned up my pc a lot freeing up over 3gigs of GARBAGE!...Runs a lot smoother and I have about 275mb of free ram at all times now....

A lot of times I will download and convert movies...If I upgraded to a video card that is better would I get better performance on that as well as overall pc performance?

Also what is generally the best spyware/virus program? I hate a lot of them they usually steal ram and make your pc run rather slow...Is their anyone I dont have to have running at all times and could do a scan each morning or something?
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philraz
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 17:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you can never have to much ram (within reason)but if your syatem is performing adequote to your needs stay with what youve got
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philraz
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 17:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
a graphics upgrade will improve dvd video performance and for spyware programs that arent memory resident adaware & Spybot fprot is a good non resident anti virus but has to be updated manualy and in the case of antivirus programs I really think they need to be running in the background to provide good security avg free is pretty lite on system resources
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c2sellit1
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 17:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cool will look into those, I use to have adaware and the updates werent a problem.


So overall the best thing I could do to my pc to give me better performance overall would be a better video card?
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philraz
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 17:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
a video card wont improve overall pc performance only in the area of portraying graphics to improve pc proccessing abilty ram is the way to go
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c2sellit1
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 17:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Alright then...Im on a tight budget (college student) and found a pretty good deal on 512mb ram ($24.99 after rebates)which should boost my computers performance tremendously. So perhaps I will snag that and pick up a better video card down the line (possibly even better since price drops frequently)....Thanks for the help.
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philraz
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 17:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sounds good just make sure youve got an empty slot for that ram and its compatable with your mobo
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c2sellit1
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_ 		5. March 2006 @ 17:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's Kingston, I already own a stick of the same kind so it shouldnt be a problem...My motherboard has enough space of up two 2gigs of ddr ram...I am all set and hopefully will be looking for a new video card in a few months. Thanks for your help.
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